Bone Abstracts

Background: Hypercalcemia in childhood is rare, can be of various origin and might go unrecognized until severe signs appear. We demonstrate hypercalcemia of different causes in two infants.Case no 1.: 5-month old girl with failure to thrive, constipation, muscle hypotonia, dehydration, where total calcaemia peaked to 4.25 mmol/l. Low calcium diet, application of glucocorticoids and furosemide resulted in a drop in calcaemia to values below 3 mmol/l and ...